Crane Tanto

Crane Tanto

Please note: This is just an ornamental item, not intended for real use!

• Overall length 40.5cm
• Blade length 24.5cm
• Length of the brass habaki 2.5cm
• Handle length 10.5cm
• Diameter of the tsuba approx. 5cm
• Sharp blade
• Weight approx. 363 g
• Weight of the scabbard approx. 102 g

High-quality Tanto of the Exclusive Collection "Oriental Weapons" made by MARTO®

Certificate of Origin and Quality. Made in Toledo, Spain.

The tantō is commonly referred to as a knife or dagger. The blade is single or double edged, was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon,

Tantō are generally forged in hira-zukuri style (without ridgeline), meaning that their sides have no ridge line and are nearly flat, unlike the shinogi-zukuri structure of a katana.

Women sometimes carried a small tantō called a kaiken in their obi primarily for self-defense.

With the advent of the katana, the wakizashi eventually was chosen by samurai as the short sword over the tantō.